I downgraded from the 4.2.1.66 TIM release back to this one on my T-Mo unit, it's looking pretty solid - nothing different than .71 is popping out at me right away.

A trimmed backup of the data from 4.2.1.66 (i.e. just address book/bookmarks/messages/etc., no RMS databases or other junk) restored without any problems into this OS release, so my downgrade was painless.

I am, however, reinstalling all the OTA apps (GMail, PicoNews, etc.) from scratch as you'd expect. I wanted to start clean and fresh...

To verify: before installing the patch, in Date/Time you will see "Pacific / Tijuana" grouped as one item, GMT -8. After applying the patch they will be separated into two unique menu entries, as Pacific has changed the dates but Tijuana has not changed.

Well I can't tell if it's fixed, but it dimmed properly in and out on my trip home. I was walking through shade & sunlight, then got on a bus near a window where we also went in and out of sunlight. The handset seemed to dim and brighten in a proper manner and didn't annoy me.

I just downloaded it on my black 8100c. I like the new Cingular theme. I noticed something new: Telenav Maps 1.0. I didn't notice that on the Cingular .71 OS.
If I use this...will it cost anything or is it included in the data plan?

I just downloaded it on my black 8100c. I like the new Cingular theme. I noticed something new: Telenav Maps 1.0. I didn't notice that on the Cingular .71 OS.
If I use this...will it cost anything or is it included in the data plan?

That has to be a Service Book download from Cingular, as I don't see it on mine -- sort of how "OZ IM" is a T-Mobile Service Book pushed out, and not available on Cingular. If you go into Options, Advanced, Service Books -- do you see anything that could look like TELENAV or whatnot?

Turns out I have no service books now. There's no option to send then from the phone anymore, so I went to the cingular site and tried to send them from there. It says the service books were sent successfully, but they aren't showing up. I pulled the battery and still nothing. Does anybody know how long it takes to resend the service books?

Turns out I have no service books now. There's no option to send then from the phone anymore, so I went to the cingular site and tried to send them from there. It says the service books were sent successfully, but they aren't showing up.

I can confirm for the sake of your sanity it's not the phone -- my service books from T-Mobile came through instantly, I just resent them for another purpose (OZ IM not working). I know this doesn't help with Cingular books, but the OS itself seems fine.

So is the main difference beteween .71 and .73 (this new version) the new Cingular theme? I don't see anybody talking about anything else.

It's such a minor update in version numbers (and some are the same) that maybe it's all they did was add the new theme for RED. I'm not feeling anything radically different here other than my OZ IM doesn't want to download, which I can live without.

Probably no reason to upgrade from .71 -- does anyone have a bug in .71 they want me to test in .73? (no BT problems, I don't have a BT headset) I can confirm the radio button select in generic J2ME apps is still broken (it's fixed in 4.2.1.66) in this .73 version.